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The San Francisco 49ers kicked off their first practice of training camp today. Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo spoke with reporters after the players came off the field. Here is everything he had to say. Transcript provided by the San Francisco 49ers Communications staff. How did the first day go? "I mean, there's always, you know, those first-day jitters, excitement having fans out there, I'm a huge fan of that. It was good to get back to some normalcy, I guess." TE George Kittle said yesterday that he saw a different fire in you in OTAs and WR Deebo Samuel just said you've seemed a little bit more locked in and more energy in the huddle. Can you speak to that a little bit? "I don't

The San Francisco 49ers may have a punishing duo of starting wide receivers heading into 2021 thanks to a couple of draft picks over the past two years that appear ready to pay off. The team selected Deebo Samuel in the second round in 2019 and then Brandon Aiyuk in the first round a year later. Both could be gearing up for breakout NFL campaigns. Aiyuk hauled in 60 receptions for 748 yards and five receiving touchdowns as a rookie. He also carried the football six times for 77 yards and two more scores. His receiving yards total ranks third all-time in franchise history for a rookie while his receptions rank second all-time, and his receiving touchdowns tie for second among first-year players. Only Deebo Samuel and Jerry Rice had more receiving yards as 49ers

San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel spoke with reporters after training camp practice today. Here is everything he had to say. Transcript provided by the San Francisco 49ers Communications staff. How do you determine what a good practice is for you? "A good practice is one that an entire offense, you feel like at every position, they have improved on things from the day before. There's never a practice that's perfect. So you're, you're always understanding that, but at the same time every time you make a mistake as a player or as a position group, you're always looking for people to respond in a manner that after the fact on the next play like in a game. Because there's going to be bad plays and you want

Comparisons are fun. Entering last year's draft, NFL.com analyst Lance Zierlein compared wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk to Robert Woods of the Los Angeles Rams. Aiyuk ended up becoming a first-round selection of the San Francisco 49ers and had an impressive rookie campaign. Cornerback Jason Verrett offered up another comparison while speaking to the media on Thursday, saying Aiyuk displays traits that remind him of a future Hall of Famer. "We kind of can see similarities with BA, as far as the skillset, of Julio (Jones)," Verrett shared. "You can kind of see some similarities." That is high praise for the second-year receiver. Verrett feels